From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The null check on pointer key has already been performed at the start of the function and this leads to a return of -EOPNOTSUPP. The second null check on key is therefore always false, it is redundant and can be removed. Addresses-Coverity: ("Logically dead code") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_ethtool.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_ethtool.c index af43fbd8cb75..70193d8d54ed 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_ethtool.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_ethtool.c @@ -1873,8 +1873,7 @@ static int iavf_set_rxfh(struct net_device *netdev, const u32 *indir, if (!indir) return 0; - if (key) - memcpy(adapter->rss_key, key, adapter->rss_key_size); + memcpy(adapter->rss_key, key, adapter->rss_key_size); /* Each 32 bits pointed by 'indir' is stored with a lut entry */ for (i = 0; i < adapter->rss_lut_size; i++) -- 2.31.1